Idiom
drama king
Meaning
An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a man or a boy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is such a drama king about his minor cold.”
“Stop acting like a drama king just because you lost your keys.”
“The director grew tired of the lead actor, whose reputation as a drama king made every rehearsal an exhausting ordeal.”
Examples
simple
“He is such a drama king about his minor cold.”
contextual
“Stop acting like a drama king just because you lost your keys.”
complex
“The director grew tired of the lead actor, whose reputation as a drama king made every rehearsal an exhausting ordeal.”
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